Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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I filled out an application to return. Will I regret it? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by kmoonster
I need more hours to make up for a period of flat growth at my current job, a company I helped start during the stay-home. We started on the effort in the before times, long story, and I'm currently at a point where I need more pay from outside if we want a chance at growing to where we need to be.
I won't go into it here, it would bore you.
The real question is, I last worked for the Siren circa 2017 and remember painfully well the shift to clean-play and the reductions in training and a bunch of other nonsense. I have a very high tolerance for foofoo type bullshit, but I don't accommodate fools lightly and was starting to struggle to bite my tongue when it came to the changes coming down the pipe. It was a shitton of "management by spreadsheet" written by someone who never had to work on a floor and had no idea how the tasks did and did not relate to each other, creating a list of work that needs to be done and a completely impractical way to get it done.
What are the odds I have to just bite the bullet and learn to stfu again? How hard might it be?
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And to be clear, I filled out a few apps for evening jobs in my area, all retail/service as no other jobs have regular evening hours AND can pay reliably (even if in offensively small amounts). Just looking for beta on what I might be walking into if it ends up being the Bux.
I won't go into it here, it would bore you.
The real question is, I last worked for the Siren circa 2017 and remember painfully well the shift to clean-play and the reductions in training and a bunch of other nonsense. I have a very high tolerance for foofoo type bullshit, but I don't accommodate fools lightly and was starting to struggle to bite my tongue when it came to the changes coming down the pipe. It was a shitton of "management by spreadsheet" written by someone who never had to work on a floor and had no idea how the tasks did and did not relate to each other, creating a list of work that needs to be done and a completely impractical way to get it done.
What are the odds I have to just bite the bullet and learn to stfu again? How hard might it be?
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And to be clear, I filled out a few apps for evening jobs in my area, all retail/service as no other jobs have regular evening hours AND can pay reliably (even if in offensively small amounts). Just looking for beta on what I might be walking into if it ends up being the Bux.
CBukowski808 1 points 9m ago
Well staffing is still horrendous (worse than it was in 2017). Management still expects a lot out of us while giving us very little to work with.
We’re currently at war with corporate to unionize all stores so the higher ups are cracking down on policy and snuffing out anyone that speaks the word “union”.
I guess the biggest thing that may affect you and your other job is that starting this month you will be required to work at least 12 hours a week and give a minimum of 18 hours of availability just to stay employed with the company. This is to help curb the constant call outs.
I guess you can give it a shot and see if you tolerate it again.
We’re currently at war with corporate to unionize all stores so the higher ups are cracking down on policy and snuffing out anyone that speaks the word “union”.
I guess the biggest thing that may affect you and your other job is that starting this month you will be required to work at least 12 hours a week and give a minimum of 18 hours of availability just to stay employed with the company. This is to help curb the constant call outs.
I guess you can give it a shot and see if you tolerate it again.
kmoonster [OP] 1 points 9m ago
Good to hear on the continuation of labor/expectation divide, if that's all it is I can handle that. I'm putting down 20 hours availability, that is up from 12-16 I remember before (weekend partner, I think we called it) and could be a game-changer depending how things go.
I hear you on the Union part, I'm definitely pro- but the current store near me seems to be gun-shy. One a few miles away did do it, though, and a few more have talked about it openly. That said, the way turnover appears to be going this could change in a matter of weeks, and could go either way. If I were looking for long-term I might be more about leaning on the Union train, but I don't anticipate being a partner for more than a year or so (though that can change), maybe less maybe more, but I'm boxing around about a year or so to give myself the mental space to work within.
I hear you on the Union part, I'm definitely pro- but the current store near me seems to be gun-shy. One a few miles away did do it, though, and a few more have talked about it openly. That said, the way turnover appears to be going this could change in a matter of weeks, and could go either way. If I were looking for long-term I might be more about leaning on the Union train, but I don't anticipate being a partner for more than a year or so (though that can change), maybe less maybe more, but I'm boxing around about a year or so to give myself the mental space to work within.
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